In the game machine which is provided with a lottery device which executes a lottery and causes a predetermined privilege when a predetermined condition is satisfied and a control unit, the control unit receives applications for participation of a plurality of players in a lottery by the lottery device on a condition of paying chips, executes a lottery by the lottery device when a total of the number of chips paid by the plurality of players whose applications for participation have been received reaches a predetermined specified number, and distributes a privilege decided by the lottery device according to a ratio of the number of chips paid by each player whose application for participation has been received.
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1. A game machine comprising: a center unit including a lottery device which executes a lottery to decide a privilege to be given to a player; a plurality of station units, each of the station units including a participation application receiving device which receives applications for participation of a plurality of players in a lottery by the lottery device on a condition of paying a game value; and a control unit coupled to the center unit and to each of the plurality of station units, the control unit including: a lottery executing device which determines a number of game values paid by each of the plurality of players, determines a total number of game values as a function of the number of games values paid by each of the plurality of players, and executes a lottery by the lottery device when the total number of game values paid by the plurality of players whose applications for participation have been received by the participation application receiving device reaches a predetermined specified number; and a privilege distributing device which distributes a privilege decided by the lottery device according to a ratio of the number of game values paid by each player whose application for participation has been received by the participation application receiving device, wherein the control unit changes a winning probability of the lottery or content of the privilege according to the number of players whose applications for participation have been received by the participation application receiving device.
2. The game machine of claim 1 , further comprising a execution instruction determining device which determines whether or not the player has given an execution instruction to request execution of a lottery of the lottery device on a condition of paying a game value, wherein when the execution instruction determining device determines that the player has given the execution instruction, the participation application receiving device receives an application for participation in the lottery from another player other than the player who has requested execution of the lottery of the lottery device.
3. A game machine comprising: a lottery device which executes a lottery to decide a privilege to be given to a player; a plurality of station units, each of the station units including a participation application receiving device which receives applications for participation of a plurality of players in a lottery by the lottery device on a condition of paying a game value; and a control unit coupled to each of the plurality of station units, the control unit including: a lottery executing device which executes a lottery by the lottery device when a total of the number of game values paid by the plurality of players whose applications for participation have been received by the participation application receiving device reaches a predetermined specified number; and a privilege distributing device which distributes a privilege decided by the lottery device according to a ratio of the number of game values paid by each player whose application for participation has been received by the participation application receiving device; wherein the participation application receiving device includes an insufficient game value presenting device which presents an other player with the number of game values necessary to satisfy the specified number.
4. A game machine comprising: a lottery device which executes a lottery to decide a privilege to be given to a player; a plurality of station units, each of the station units including a participation application receiving device which receives applications for participation of a plurality of players in a lottery by the lottery device on a condition of paying a game value; and a control unit coupled to each of the plurality of station units, the control unit including: a lottery executing device which executes a lottery by the lottery device when a total of the number of game values paid by the plurality of players whose applications for participation have been received by the participation application receiving device reaches a predetermined specified number; and a privilege distributing device which distributes a privilege decided by the lottery device according to a ratio of the number of game values paid by each player whose application for participation has been received by the participation application receiving device; wherein the lottery device changes a winning probability of the lottery or content of the privilege according to the number of players whose applications for participation have been received by the participation application receiving device.
5. A game machine comprising: a lottery device which executes a lottery to device a privilege to be given to a player; a plurality of station units, each of the station units including a participation application receiving device which receives applications for participation of a plurality of players in a lottery by the lottery device on a condition of paying a game value; and a control unit coupled to each of the plurality of station units, the control unit including: a lottery executing device which executes a lottery by the lottery device when a total of the number of game values paid by the plurality of players whose applications for participation have been received by the participation application receiving device reaches a predetermined specified number; and a privilege distributing device which distributes a privilege decided by the lottery device according to a ratio of the number of game values paid by each player whose application for participation has been received by the participation application receiving device; wherein the lottery device changes a winning probability of the lottery or content of the privilege according to an amount of the specified number.
6. A game machine comprising a plurality of stations which respectively include a game field on which a medal as a first game medium and second game medium different from the medal are arranged and a pusher table reciprocating along the game field, wherein in at least one of the stations, a pusher game in which a group of medals placed on below the second game medium is pushed out of the game field by the pusher table is executed, and the second game medium is acquired as the second game medium is pushed out of the game field; a game value managing device which exchanges the acquired second game medium to the game value and manages the game value possessed by the player; a lottery device which executes a lottery to decide to privilege to be given to the player; a participation application receiving device which receives applications for participation of a plurality of players in a lottery by the lottery device on a condition of paying a game value; a lottery executing device which executes a lottery by the lottery device when a total of the number of game values paid by the plurality of players whose applications for participation have been received by the participation application receiving device reaches a predetermined specified number; and a privilege distributing device which distributes a privilege decided by the lottery device according to a ratio of the number of game values paid by each player whose application for participation has been received by the participation application receiving device.
7. The game machine of claim 6 , wherein the privilege is payout of medals.
8. The game machine of claim 6 , wherein the second game medium is a ball.
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September 7, 2012
July 14, 2015
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